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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

I've been back at work for several weeks now, and the extra work involved in cleaning between customers and spending a solid 60-90 minutes after we're supposed to have closed (though really, "closing" is just when they stop letting people into the store; everyone who's inside is allowed to browse for as long as they'd like even after last call) shutting things down, cleaning surfaces, and sorting returns for quarantine has left me with far less energy than I thought I'd have after returning to retail. While I'm glad that I haven't lost my job entirely, I worry that it will be a battle to reduce my hours when my next term starts. Increasingly I suspect that we'll face another lockdown and furlough as well, because cases are rising everywhere. This, of course, relies on Jay Inslee regaining the sense he had at the beginning of all of this. I worry that he's been caving to peer pressure from other states and from businesses within the state that would rather risk people's physical safety than stay closed. I like the security of having an income - and rage at how the federal government is trying to roll back what little protections unemployed people have received - but I would rather see us collectively work toward building a society in which we can keep each other safe *and* fed.